Needle



Patented Mar. 28, I899.

S. S. ROSZELL.

N E E D L E [Application filed Feb. 8, 189B.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES UNTTED STATES PATENT FF icE.

STEPHEN SAMUEL ROSZELL, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,080, dated March 28,- 1899. Application filed February 8, 1899. Serial No. 704,939. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN SAMUEL Ros- ZELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the countyof Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Needles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in needles, and pertains to a needle adapted to use a single or a double thread, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

One object of my invention is to provide a needle having a longitudinal opening in its butt-end or head, a transverse opening intersecting the innerend of the longitudinal opening, and a longitudinal slit connecting the ends of the longitudinal opening and a transverse slit connecting the ends of the transverse opening, whereby the needle may be used for sewing with a single thread or a double thread, as may be desired.

Another object of my present invention is to provide an inclined (preferably curved) slit extending transverse the needle and connecting the ends of the transverse opening therein, whereby the edge of the walls of the transverse slit will not catch the threads of the fabric through which it is being passed, as might otherwise be the case.

Another object of my present invention is to provide the needle with an outwardly-tapering head, the largest diameter being at a pointinside of the transverse opening, whereby the needle is strengthened and will make a perforation in the goods in advance of the thread extending longitudinal thereof, (when a double thread is used,) thus reducing to a minimum the friction of the outside thread against the goods as the needle passes therethrough.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a needle embodying my invention, showing the needle used for asingle thread. Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking at the needle from the side containing the transverse slit. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is a similar view at right angles to Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the needle, showing it using a double or slip thread.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates a needle having its head-provided with a lon gitudinal opening a and with a transverse opening I), intersecting the inner end of the longitudinal opening. The transverse opening is made larger than the longitudinal opening for a purpose to be presently described.

Passing longitudinally through the head of the needle and connecting the inner and outer ends of the longitudinal opening a is a contracted slit (2, which is preferably narrower than the diameter of the thread to be used for the purpose of preventing the accidenta removing of the thread in sewing.

A contracted transverse slot or slit f connects the ends of the transverse opening, and this slot is preferably curved, as illustrated, and is cut diagonally in respect to the body of the needle. The object of cutting this slit diagonal to the body of the needle is to prevent the thread of the fabric being sewed from catching in the edges of the slit, as might otherwise be the case, and which insures a free smooth passage of the needle.

The head of the needle is tapered outward from the point (I just inside of the transverse opening, whereby the largest diameter of the needle is in advance of the transverse opening, which will form an opening in the fabric of a size sufficient to reduce to a minimum the friction of the outside thread against the goods when the needle is being used as a double or slip thread needle, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

A needle constructed as herein shown and described is readily threaded by passing the thread laterally through the transverse slit and then laterally through the longitudinal slit, and when a single thread is being used the inner knotted end thereof will pass within the transverse opening, but will not pass through the longitudinal opening, owing to the fact that the longitudinal opening is smaller than the transverse opening and not sufficiently large to permit the passage of the knot therethrough.

A needle constructed as herein shown and described is adapted for universal purposes, as well as for surgical purposes and for the sewing of leather, &c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A needle having in its head a longitudinal opening extending from the end thereof, a transverse opening communicating with the inner end of the longitudinal opening, a longitudinal slit connecting the ends of the longitudinal opening and a transverse slit connecting the ends of the transverse opening, substantially as described.

2. A needle having a longitudinal opening in the head thereof extending from its end, a transverse opening intersecting the inner end of the longitudinal opening and of a diameter larger than the diameter of the longitudinal opening, a longitudinal slit connecting theends ot' the longitudinal opening, and a transverse slit connecting the ends of the transverse opening, substantially as described.

3. A' needle having a longitudinal opening in the head thereof extending from the outer end, a transverse opening intersecting the innerend of the longitudinal opening of a larger diameter than the diameter of the longitudinal opening, a longitudinal contracted slit connecting the ends of the longitudinal opening, and a transverse slit cut diagonally to the needle and connecting the ends of the transverse opening, substantially as described.

4. A needle having a longitudinal opening in the head thereof and extending to the outer end, a transverse opening intersecting the inner end of the longitudinal opening, a longitudinal slit formed in the wall of the needle and connecting the ends of the longitudinal opening, a transverse curved slit connecting the ends of the transverse opening and cut diagonally to the body of the needle, substantially as described.

5. A needle having an outwardly-tapered head, a transverse opening formed at a point beyond the largest diameter thereof, a longitudinal opening extending from the end of the head to and communicating with the transverse opening, the wall of the needle having a longitudinal slit connecting the ends of the longitudinal opening and a transverse slit connecting the ends of the transverse opening, whereby the needle will form an opening in the material through which it is passed sufficiently large to reduce to a minimum the friction of the outside thread, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

STEPHEN SAMUEL ROSZELL.

Vitnesses:

P. H. EASTIN, 'lHos. lI. CLAY. 

